Story of Yanxi Palace: Red Seal Spring Star

In Ybor's room, she read Qin Shaoyou's "Magpie Bridge Fairy" written by herself and Yongqi under the lamp.Every year on Qixi Festival, both of them will write this poem on coral cold gold painting silk.

The slender clouds play tricks, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is darkened far and wide.Once the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win but there are countless in the world.Tenderness is like water, good times are like dreams, and I endure the magpie bridge to return.If the two feelings last for a long time, how can they be in the morning and evening.

Coral cold gold painting silk is a kind of silk paper printed with black flower and bird patterns on carmine red, highlighting the deep affection.

Next to it is the scripture set of the Ming Dynasty sprinkled thread embroidered magpie bridge meeting picture given to her by Yongqi today.Different from the general pictures of meeting at the magpie bridge, this sutra set uses deep and colorful Beijing embroidery techniques, embroidering the cowherd and the weaver girl as the stars of the heaven, stepping on the black auspicious clouds, descending slowly, and meeting at the magpie bridge.The Weaver Girl wears a red robe and the Cowherd wears a green robe and a high crown. Both of them look dignified and hold wats in both hands. Behind each of them is a child holding a palm fan, and a child next to him is holding a lamp.Giving this thousand-year-old legend an unusual identity.

Then she looked at the multicolored flower and bird poetry pen holder on the desk. It was an old thing from the Kangxi Dynasty given by the Queen Mother. He wrote the running script "Alone Ling Frost and Snow Companion, the heart is empty and self-knowledge".And Su Shi once had a famous sentence "Wild chrysanthemum grows in the autumn stream, and the heart is empty and knows itself", which is quite suitable for the theme of this brush pot painting chrysanthemum.

Then he picked up the white jade jug on the desk, poured a glass of wine, and drank it all in one swoop.Nanny Pan just felt suffocated, and said: Ge Ge, drink less, it is rare for brother to come back, there is no reason to let him go to another room, let him go and drink himself, you are too generous, and you are not lost a good one.Ybor smiled at her, walked to the center of the yard, looked up at the sky full of stars above his head, feeling peaceful and joyful.

After getting up on the second day, He Zhu waited for Yongqi to put on the moon-white Taixi gauze horseshoe-sleeved casual dress, then tied his belt, fastened the pink tourmaline buckle, and hung the yellow-ground pastel gourd with floral patterns on it that he usually wears. She then asked Nanny Tao to bring out a box.Yongqi saw that it was a set of gold and silver satin flat gold and silver color embroidered five poisons, and looked at He Zhu.He Zhudao: This is a reward given to all elder brothers in the Dragon Boat Festival palace. At that time, elder brothers did not go out because of Hu Gege and Zhe Zhe, and the concubines thought it was better to wear it. It can prevent disasters, but it's a pity to leave things alone, brother, let's choose.

There are nine pieces in this set, including three purses, one cigarette purse, one watch cover, one fan cover, one mirror, one powder case, and one name card cover.The color and pattern of each piece are the same, all of which are the golden yellow used by the elder brother. The whole body is embroidered with five poisons and "Daji" gourd patterns with gold thread, silver thread and multicolored silk thread. The "Five Poisons" are snakes, toads, scorpions, geckos and centipedes, five poisonous animals. They are combined with the word "Daji" and gourd patterns, implying fighting poison with poison, suppressing evil with evil, and exorcising evil and avoiding disaster.Yong Qi took a round purse and a cigarette purse.He Zhu knelt down again and hung it on his belt.

Yong Qi taught Zheng Ying to pack things, and He Zhu ordered the new rain suit to be taken, and also taught him to bring a small refrigerator with sapphire blue cloisonné enamel, Fushou Shuangquan.The two had breakfast together, and Yong Qi went back to the yamen, and when she left, she hugged Ji Bao.Tao Nanny said to He Zhu very happily: I am really happy for you!He Zhu's cheeks were flushed, she lowered her head and petted the cat, and said: Thank you, Mammy!

Seeing this situation, Nanny Tao finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Yongqi treats Fujin well, everyone will be at peace.Since Concubine Rong summoned her into the palace that day, she has turned her mind to preventing incompetence, and then said that it was Yiboer and Hu Jiajia who colluded with her to make He Zhu get better.He Zhu was very moved, and felt even more ashamed that he had doubted Ibor. He raised his head and said: So, they are so kind to me!Go and call Little Gege, I have something to say to her.

After Tao Nanny went out, He Zhu looked at Tang Yin's "Tongyin Qingmeng Picture Axis" hanging on the wall.The axis of this picture is two feet high and one foot wide. It draws a sycamore tree with the method of ink and white line drawing. A person sits on the top chair with his face up and his eyes closed on the stone of Tongyin slope, with a vivid and natural expression.The composition is simple, the brush is refined, the style is free and easy, and the charm is elegant. It is a masterpiece of Tang Yin's line drawing figure painting.One of the poems inscribed in running script: "Ten miles of tung trees are covered with purple moss, and the husband is drunk and sleepy; this life has been thanked for his meritorious deeds, and the clear dream should not come to the ancient locust tree. Tang Yin painting." Seal "Wu Chao" Zhu Wenyuan seal, "Tang Yin private seal" white square seal, "Tang Ada" Zhu Wen square seal.Although the annual inscription has not been signed, it can be seen from the content of the poem that this picture was made after he returned to Suzhou after being hit in the examination case.

Tang Yin, Tang Bohu, was a man with a clear temperament and a happy life. Many legends and stories about him were widely circulated and known to all women and children.His poems, songs, books, and paintings are all quite successful, especially his paintings are the most famous, with a wide range of themes, including landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, bamboo and stone.Yongqi likes Tang Yin's works very much, saying that they are rigorous and elegant, and this picture is a gift from him. Now that he looks at it carefully, he finds it even more lovely.

On the small incense table under this painting, there is a green brother glazed olive statue, small and elegant, made into a standing olive shape, the whole body is emerald green, fresh and tender, giving people a fresh and bright feeling, this is her dowry , was given to the E family by the late emperor.Yong Qi also said that it looks good with ink.

After Yibol came, Hezhu said that Yongqi and herself meant to ask Yibol and Hu Jiajia to take care of the pawn shop, but Hu Jiajia is still recuperating now, so I will favor Ibor first, and I can get it back if necessary. Hu Jiajia discussed.Yibor smiled and agreed, and then went out.He Zhu said: Wait.Ibor then asked, "What else does Fujin want?"

He Zhu stared at her intently, and said sincerely: Thank you.Last night, it was you who asked Elder Brother to come to my place.Yi Boer still smiled, shook his head and said: Brother, how could I be able to scream, Fujin thinks too much.He Zhu nodded and said: You go.After Yiboer left, He Zhu picked up Jibao, kissed it's little pink mouth, and then said to Nanny Tao: "Did you see it, mommy?"Mother Tao didn't understand what she meant, and asked: What does the master want to say?He Zhu sighed: How do others treat us.Tao Nanny hurriedly said: Yes, master, this servant understands, and this servant will stop talking nonsense.He Zhu nodded.

After Yiboer left, He Zhu asked the maidservant to invite Hu Gege to come, and then discussed about the opera troupe taught by the Nanfu opera troupe from the Qixi Palace.

As before, Concubine Ling has never felt unwell, and she is gradually starting to assist in palace affairs. Just when everyone was delighted, one morning in late September, she suddenly had a miscarriage after waking up. The fetus had passed four months. Zhang Huang was at a loss.In the afternoon, the three imperial doctors who saw her and the two grandmothers who guarded the moon, including the eunuch and maid of Chuxiu Palace and Li Yu, knelt down in the courtyard of Chuxiu Palace in a dense crowd.Wei Mei was lying on the bed in the back room with her eyes closed, tears streaming down her face, she was very sad, and the emperor was also very sad. Concubine Rong comforted the two inside.

When Empress Nala got the news, she supported Zhen'er and came over with Concubine Shen to look at it. Seeing the emperor's expression, her heart ached, and she reluctantly said a few words of comfort.Wei Mei couldn't get up, she just shed tears and said nothing, but the emperor seemed to turn a deaf ear to it. Concubine Rong hurriedly taught Caiyun to sit on the stool for Nala, saying that she had sent someone to Changchun Garden to report to the Queen Mother, who came back and said that the Queen Mother was also very sad, The imperial concubine should take good care of her.

Nala felt even more stabbing, sat for a while, and then left.After returning to Chengqian Palace, Zhen'er said: Your Majesty, it's just a miscarriage, she's fine, and she's not like Concubine Xin.And it's not that she has no children, she has given birth to three.Look at the sad look of the emperor, at that time Wu Gege... never saw the emperor like this, it seems that her child is a child.

Nala remained silent, Yuan Chunwang snorted: She is required to give birth to an imperial heir and to handle palace affairs. It seems that this will not work. The six palaces must be returned to the master and empress!Nephew lighting lanterns, as usual!The Queen Mother can't do anything!Zhen'er said: "So that's the case. I said, what is the look of the emperor!"Seeing that Nalashi still didn't speak, he said: "Madam, if you are unhappy in your heart, you should speak out, hold it in your heart, and you will get sick!"Nala smiled and said: "What is there to be unhappy about? Yuan Chunwang is right!"Zhen'er shook her head, knowing that Nala was very sad because of the emperor's behavior just now.

Seeing that Wei Mei was asleep, Concubine Rong, together with Li Yu, persuaded the emperor to return to Huazi Hall, and all the kneeling people dispersed.Then he personally helped the emperor change his clothes and then lay down on the bed. He sat on the edge of the bed, held the emperor's hand, and said in a low voice: Your Majesty, Lord Fu Heng and Mrs. Nalan will be back soon.The emperor gave a "hmm" and didn't speak.

Concubine Rong said again: "According to what Aisha said, count the days. When they come back, the child they are pregnant with should be more than seven months old. Shen Bi feels that with Dr. Ye on the way, it must be safe."The emperor still closed his eyes and said nothing.Concubine Rong gently stroked his hand, and said: Your Majesty, Xijun and Grandma Shouyue both said that yesterday was fine, so don't think too much about it, I believe that when Wei Mei recovers, she will be back again soon. Pregnant with the emperor's heir, why don't you go to her more often?

The emperor shook his head and said: At that time, if she wanted to be brave, I should stop her, so that this would not happen.She must be afraid that the Queen Mother and I will be disappointed, and that she has worked too hard, and I don't want her to have any more children.Concubine Rong smiled and said: You mean, you want her to concentrate on palace affairs?According to Chen Bi, if you don't go to her place or give her a child, she will be sad!Shen Bi knows that you feel guilty towards her because of that incident before, and think that her miscarriage is also related to that incident.The emperor sighed and said: Isn't it?

Concubine Rong said: Shen Bi doesn't see it, how long has passed, she has been fine.Moreover, according to what Zhang Yuan judged Liu imperial doctor said today, the miscarriage occurred without warning, which should be due to the unsteady pregnancy. When Doctor Ye comes back, you can ask him to ask and take care of Wei Mei.The emperor hummed again, and said: You are too kind to me!Concubine Rong said: You are here again, of course Shen Bi should treat you well, if you really thank Shen Bi, don't be sad anymore, okay?Otherwise, Shen Bi will have to persuade you.The emperor held her hand and said: Good.You ask Li Yu to send an edict to the queen to investigate the matter, and then send an edict to Debao, the imperial hospital will also have to investigate.

After Concubine Rong came out, Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief outside, saying that she was too much, and that she still had a way.Concubine Rong shook her head, and said in a low voice: Actually, I think the emperor still cares about Mrs. Nalan. Seeing what happened to Concubine Ling, he was even more worried. Such a big event happened in Xinjiang, why didn't the Pope worry about her and Lord Fu Heng.The emperor will not go to the Old Summer Palace this year, and even canceled the autumn parade, saying that he will only go to Nanyuan, he is really not in the mood.Didn't she write a letter to the emperor?Why didn't you write it?

Li Yudao: "I think it's not easy to teach others to give it away. Gossip about the emperor and her was spread everywhere."Concubine Rong said: Why don't you just give it to me?Li Yu laughed and said: You are really generous, even though you know the past, but no matter what, you and the emperor are husband and wife, she will definitely not do this.Concubine Rong sighed, and said: "Who knew they would go for so long, if I knew it was like this, I would have taught her to give me the letter before she left."Then he explained the emperor's intention to investigate the matter.

Li Yu was taken aback. Concubine Rong looked at him and nodded slightly. Li Yu sighed and told Wei Mei about Concubine Ling's past when Concubine Shu said that she was the empress. ?Concubine Rong was noncommittal and said: Just follow the emperor's orders.Li Yu hurriedly agreed and went.

In fact, after leaving Jinchuan, it's not that Yingluo didn't write to Concubine Rong anymore, but she only wrote a few words in Yili, "Ask people around her", without signing.And after returning to Yili from Huocheng that day, Aisha wrote a letter to Concubine Rong, and didn't mention anything about Jinchuan, but only said that she and Yingluo were pregnant, and she was so happy.So Concubine Rong told the emperor about it.

And the reason why the emperor knew about the Jinchuan accident was that on that day, Sichuan governor Kaitai received an urgent request from the imperial court for [-] miles, and immediately went to investigate Jinchuan's recent movements. Even though he didn't know that Sha Luoben's daughter was originally the Holy Mother of Baijiao and his son-in-law was the king of Baijiao, he also said that Shaluoben and his son had acted recklessly without asking the court for instructions, and had already dealt with Pingcuo and his son in private , Ask the emperor how to deal with it?The emperor thought about it for a day, and then asked Liu Tongxun to draft an order for Kaitai, and then said that he would hold a family banquet in the Qianqing Palace at night, and teach the Western Orchestra of the Harmony Department to play music.

After this western band was formed by Concubine Gao at the suggestion of Concubine Shu, the emperor often asked it to play, but this was the first time it was played this year, and Li Yu felt that the emperor was finally in a good mood.The queen mother said that she didn't come because she was too noisy, and the concubine Ling couldn't go out. Concubine Shu was not feeling well.All other concubines, big and small, came to attend, and many people thought it was noisy, but they didn't dare to speak.Concubine Rong and nobleman Wu liked it very much.Later the emperor got drunk, so Concubine Rong asked nobleman Wu to serve the emperor to go to Jingren Palace to have a rest, explaining not to ask the emperor to go to court early, Tuoya thanked Concubine Rong.

On the second day after the concubine Ling gave birth, news of the queen's illness came out.The emperor was in Japan, and he went to Chengqian Palace to visit after hearing about it.Zhen'er replied that the day before yesterday at Shenwu Gate, she gave porridge and old clothes to the refugees fleeing famine in Gansu. There were too many people, and the empress insisted on doing it herself. She felt uncomfortable yesterday, but the empress said that the emperor was sad, so she kept quiet , I really couldn't get out of bed today, so I invited the imperial doctor.

The emperor asked: Isn't Hong Zhou responsible for helping the victims of disasters in Gansu?Zhen'er hurriedly said: "Yes, Yuan Chunwang said that Prince He sent people to maintain order. The order is quite good, but there are too many people."The two were talking, and the little maid went back and forth, saying that the empress had woken up and asked the emperor to come in and talk.

The emperor entered the dormitory, and Nala sat on the bed, and the emperor sat by the bed and asked, "Are you all right?"Why didn't Hong Zhou remind the queen?If there are too many people, stop in moderation and send again next time.How can the queen disregard her body?

Nala smiled softly, stretched out his hand, held his hand, and said: You are from Lingfei, right?In fact, the concubine is fine.Before you ordered it yesterday, my concubine instructed Sun Fang to investigate.But the concubine thought, no one is so bold.This morning, Bengong asked the imperial physician, and said that the concubine Ling is fine, the emperor can rest assured that the concubine will take good care of her.The emperor did not speak.

Then Nala said: the former son and the prince asked the concubine to watch the eunuchs send him, and the concubine told him to go back to the military plane early in the morning.There are so many poor refugees, the concubines can't bear to see them, and if there are more people, they will send one more.After I got off duty with the prince, I came to persuade the concubine again, but it was the concubine who refused to leave, so don't blame him.The emperor nodded, looked at Nala's slightly pale complexion, and said: "The empress has worked hard, take a good rest."He said and stood up.

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[Qi Qiao] On the night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar (or the night of the sixth day of the seventh month), girls in new clothes beg for wisdom from Vega in the courtyard, which is called "Qi Qiao".It is said that Seventh Sister is a weaving expert in the sky. In the old days, women "begged" Seventh Sister for skill, begging her to teach her the skill of ingenuity. "Qiqiao" is a Tanabata custom that implies prayer content, and it has various forms.There are common hands-on projects such as threading needles, divination projects such as raising spiders and judging the density of spider silk, and praying projects such as setting up altars directly with melons and fruits... These projects are not popular in different periods, but It is also common to hold together.

Qiqiao Tower: In the palace, the hall is built with scorpions. It is a hundred feet high and can hold dozens of people.The concubines each use nine-hole needles and five-color threads to wear them towards the moon, and those who pass are a coincidence.The songs of the Qing Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty are played, and the banquets are full of feasts, and the families of scholars and people all follow the example.

The spider's thread divination cleverly: the emperor and the noble concubine will have a banquet in Huaqing Palace every July [-]th.At that time, the ladies of the court lined up the old melons, flowers, wine and delicacies in the court, asking for favors from Altair and Vega.Each catches spiders and locks them in a small closet. At dawn, one sees the denseness of the spider webs, and thinks it is a coincidence;The folks also followed suit.

——"Shi Shuo Xin Yu"

Modern needlework, steamed buns, baked qiaozi, raw qiaobuds, and decorations made of dough figurines, paper-cuts, and colorful embroidery are also extensions of the custom of begging for qiao.

【Work】Manchu customs in the Qing Dynasty, especially like to wear all kinds of small daily necessities on the buttons between the belt or collar, such as purses, fan covers, watch covers, finger cots, sachets, glasses cases , bag, betel nut bag, key bag, boot tuck, etc., commonly known as "jobs".These jobs are both practical and highly decorative, and they are often decorated with different patterns and shapes according to the changes of festivals and seasons.

[Huihui Jinjin] is a famous product in Xinjiang, and it was a tribute to Xinjiang in the Qing Dynasty.Three sets of warp threads and three sets of weft threads are interwoven separately, which is extremely rare in brocade, and the weaving process is quite difficult.Black, white, and gold color schemes and traditional patterns are still popular in Xinjiang today.

【Qianlong Royal Inscribed Painting Poetry Ink Block】It is the ink block made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The front side is printed with famous paintings, including paintings by Shen Zhou, Wu Li, Wen Zhengming, etc., and the back side is the imperial poems inscribed by Qianlong.There are many ink sticks in a box, and they are made in different shapes.

【Tourmaline】Tourmaline comes in many colors.Empress Dowager Cixi especially likes pink.But as early as the Qianlong period, his mother, the Empress Dowager Chongqing, used pink tourmaline court beads.Now it is considered that the darker the color, the higher the value.Moon White is a very light blue, not white.

[Fasting] refers to the etiquette of purifying the body and mind and abstaining from lust before worshiping ancestors, worshiping heaven, or other sacrificial ceremonies.Three days before the grand ceremony, it is necessary to fast, bathe and cleanse the body, prohibit eating meat, drinking alcohol, sexual desire and five meat products.The fasting signs are made of various materials, and common materials include jade, bamboo, painted enamel and porcelain.